Early pieces of jewellery by Belgian designers, Georges Simenon’s letters … These are just some of our recent acquisitions that have been made accessible to the general public in various museums and cultural institutions across the country.
You can sign up until April 30 for the summer school course: Ethnographic collections, aspects of research, preservation and conservation. An initiative of the UA, Etnocoll, the King Baudouin Foundation and FARO.
Hugo Claus died 10 years ago. His archives were acquired by the Heritage Fund and entrusted to the Letterenhuis in Antwerp. Today, the Letterenhuis is celebrating this important Flemish author. An exhibition not to be missed on Claus and his archives.
The Hugo Claus archives, acquired and conserved by the Heritage Fund, are being exhibited for the first time to the general public. Discover the amazing diversity and wealth of the archives in two unmissable exhibitions in 2018: at the Letterenhuis, Antwerp, and at the Bozar, Brussels.
The Pierre François Tilmon Fund is particularly pleased to have been able to acquire the only known piece of silver to bear the coat of arms of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Leffe. The coffee pot is unique in its type and will soon be on public show at the Hôtel de Groesbeeck-de Croix - Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Namur.